Politics & Government News

8:59 AM on Friday, October 17

Kentucky Senate candidate Daniel Cameron is banking on his familiarity with voters to overcome lackluster fundraising

8:28 AM on Friday, October 17

No matter the region, there are water challenges in Texas

4:01 AM on Friday, October 17

President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has shifted focus from tackling gangs to addressing the country's stray cat and dog problem

3:51 AM on Friday, October 17

Major political parties in Bangladesh have signed a roadmap for political reforms proposed by the interim government while police clashed with protesters seeking more provisions for the activists who ousted the previous government

3:21 AM on Friday, October 17

Vladimir Putin is expected to travel to Hungary soon for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on ending the war in Ukraine

3:17 AM on Friday, October 17

Europe’s main center-left political group has kicked out the party of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico

1:15 AM on Friday, October 17

Mongolia’s parliament has ousted Prime Minister Zandanshatar Gombojav in a power struggle within the ruling party

10:35 PM on Thursday, October 16

10:20 PM on Thursday, October 16

The drastic austerity program of Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei has succeeded in lowering inflation and won effusive praise from President Donald Trump

9:58 PM on Thursday, October 16

Japan’s former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who was known for his 1995 “Murayama statement” apologizing to Asian victims of his country’s aggression, has died

9:16 PM on Thursday, October 16

U_S_ Sen_ Ted Cruz has been trying to rally fellow evangelical Christians and urge Congress to designate Nigeria as a violator of religious freedom with unfounded claims of “Christian mass murder."

7:36 PM on Thursday, October 16

6:43 PM on Thursday, October 16

The Department of Homeland Security says the father of a Marine arrested by immigration authorities when visiting his pregnant daughter at Camp Pendleton has a criminal record that includes charges of domestic violence and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon

3:48 PM on Thursday, October 16

Venezuela’s ambassador to the U_N_ is condemning a recent U_S_ strike on a small boat in Caribbean waters that killed six people, calling it “a new set of extrajudicial executions.”

1:34 PM on Thursday, October 16

The governing party in Cameroon says one of its offices was set on fire as tensions are rising over alleged fraud in the Oct. 12 presidential election

10:34 AM on Thursday, October 16

Peru’s president refuses to resign after Gen Z protests turned violent overnight, prompting investigations by authorities into at least one civilian death

10:10 AM on Thursday, October 16

More evacuees from coastal Alaska villages inundated by high surf last weekend are arriving in Anchorage

5:42 AM on Thursday, October 16

3:01 AM on Thursday, October 16

New York City mayoral candidates Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa tried to blunt Democrat Zohran Mamdani’s momentum during a highly contentious first general election debate Thursday evening

8:19 PM on Wednesday, October 15

A new wave of protests is unfolding worldwide, driven by young people expressing discontent with their governments